Civilization V map generator

For the last few weeks Civilisation V always generates the same kind of boring map: flat land, very few mountains, most of the land desert or tundra. Is there anything that could have caused this? I have not installed any mods or modified the game in any way.


Solution 1:

Did you configure it to be arid and old; or random for everything and just have a run of similar worlds?

You could explicitly set the World Age and Rainfall (from your description, the temperature could have varied a bit) to mix it up.

  • World Age: Adjusts the map "smoothness", as a longer world has eroded more.
    • 3 billion years: highly mountainous
    • 4 billion years
    • 5 billion years: flat
  • Temperature:
    • Cool: more ice, more tundra at lower latitudes
    • Temperate
    • Hot: more jungles, less tundra
  • Rainfall:
    • Wet: more forests and jungles
    • Normal
    • Arid: more deserts

Configure the settings to a younger earth (3 or 4 Gyr) and temperate or wet rainfall if you want to get away from what you're describing. You can do so on the "Advanced Setup" panel when you configure a game.

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